Electromagnetic percussion massager employing arc motion

The present invention belongs to the technical field of massage and provides an electromagnetic percussion massager employing arc motion.

With the development of economy and society and the improvement of material living standard, increasing emphasis is put on quality of spiritual life. In addition, the accelerated pace of modern life and work results in increase of mental and physical stress, and people need to relax from time to time. Therefore, industries related to health care and recreations are booming, and especially, massage devices that can help to release stress and have health care functions have entered public life and are widely favored. However, all existing massage devices employ linear reciprocating motion to achieve percussion massage, the thrust generated is unidirectional, and by holding in hand users cannot comfortably massage different body portions at different angles, and the massage effect is far from satisfactory.

In view of deficiencies in the prior art, the present invention provides an electromagnetic percussion massager employing arc motion, so as to adapt to massaging of different body parts at different angles, thereby achieving an improved massage effect.

In order to realize the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides following technical solutions:

The force transmission assemblies comprise springs, rubber bands or ropes, ends of the force transmission assemblies are connected to the magnetic portion, and another ends of the force transmission assemblies are connected with the end portions of the bent tube.

Magnetic induction lines of the magnetic portion have a central axis consistent with a line connecting center points of cross sections of the bent tube.

As a further technical solution of the present invention,

As a further technical solution of the present invention,

The force transmission assemblies are configured to be strong magnetic pieces provided at the end portions of the bent tube repelling the magnetic portion.

Compared with prior art, the present invention has following beneficial effects:

In the present invention, a bent tube is arranged and has an adjustable curvature, inside the bent tube is arranged a magnetic portion which conducts reciprocating motion along a curved path, at end portions of the bent tube are arranged force transmission assemblies so as to transmit power generated by motion of the magnetic portion to the end portions of the bent tube. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can effectively transmit strokes and is applicable for massage of different body parts at different angles, thereby achieving an improved massage effect.

The markups in the drawings are indicated as follows:—bent tube;—electromagnetic coil;—magnetic portion;—force transmission assembly;—circuit control module; and—noise reduction assembly.

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with specific embodiments.

Embodiments of the present invention are described in details below, and examples of the embodiments are shown in the attached drawings, identical or similar labels indicate identical or similar elements or components having same or similar functions throughout the description. The embodiments described below by reference to the attached drawings are exemplary and are intended only to explain the present invention, and shall not be understood as limitations of the present invention.

Please refer to˜, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electromagnetic percussion massager employing arc motion, comprising a bent tube, electromagnetic coils, a magnetic portion, force transmission assembliesand circuit control modules, wherein the magnetic portionis movably arranged inside the bent tube, the electromagnetic coilsare arranged outside the bent tubeto drive the magnetic portionto reciprocate inside the bent tube, ends of the force transmission assembliesare connected with the magnetic portion, and another ends of the force transmission assembliesare connected with end portions of the bent tubeso as to transmit power generated by motion of the magnetic portionto the end portions of the bent tube.

The electromagnetic coilsare electrically connected with the circuit control modules, directions and magnitudes of currents transmitted to the electromagnetic coilsare adjusted though the circuit control modulesso as to drive the magnetic portionto reciprocate inside the bent tubealong a line connecting center points of cross sections of the bent tube, and the magnetic portionreciprocates to interact with the force transmission assembliesand generate power which is then transmitted from the force transmission assembliesto the end portions of the bent tube, thereby achieving massage operations.

Please refer toand, in an embodiment of the present invention, the bent tubeis of an arc structure or an S-shaped structure, or any combination of both structures, which is not limited here, the bent tubeis made of bendable plastic or rubber, etc., so that a curvature of the bent tubecan be adjusted arbitrarily, inner cross sections of the bent tubeare circular or polygonal, the bent tubecomprises a plurality of tube segments which are connected successively, and adjacent tube segments are in closed connections or have in-between gaps, as long as sizes of the gaps are all smaller than a size of the magnetic portion, so that the magnetic portionmoves in the bent tubecomprising the plurality of tube segments without slipping out of the gaps.

Please refer to˜, in an embodiment of the present invention, the magnetic portioncomprises two or more magnets, the two or more magnets are linearly arranged inside the bent tube, adjacent magnets are attached to each other through magnetic attraction or connected through flexible pieces, the flexible pieces are rubber bands or rope bodies, such connections through flexible pieces facilitate motion of the magnets inside the bent tube, ends of the force transmission assembliesare connected with the magnetic portion, and the electromagnetic coilsdrives the two or more magnets to reciprocate inside the bent tubeand generate power which is transmitted by the force transmission assembliesto the end portions of the bent tube, thereby achieving massage operations.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the magnets of the magnetic portionare all of spherical structures.

Please refer to˜, in an embodiment of the present invention, at least one of each two adjacent magnets is configured to have circular arc or spherical end faces, such that, when attached to each other through magnetic attraction, the adjacent magnets are in point contacts, so as to facilitate motion of the magnets inside the bent tube.

The magnets are of spherical structures, therefore reciprocating movement of the magnets inside the bent tubethat is of different configurations is facilitated.

In actual use, an embodiment of the present invention is provided with two force transmission assemblies, ends of the two force transmission assembliesare respectively connected with two ends of the magnetic portion, another ends thereof are respectively connected with two ends of the bent tube, such that, the two ends of the bent tubeare pushed simultaneously to move when a plurality of the magnets move, the two force transmission assembliescomprise springs, rubber bands or rope bodies, etc., which are not limited herein, and what should be noted is that when the force transmission assembliesare configured to be two, the two force transmission assembliescan be made of the same material or different materials, and by combination of two different materials connection between the force transmission assembliesand the end portions of the bent tubecan be done.

In an embodiment of the present invention, at the end portions of the bent tubeare arranged strong magnetic sheetswhich repel the magnetic portion, and when the magnetic portionreciprocates, power generated by motion of the magnetic portioncan be transmitted to the end portions of the bent tubethrough the repulsion.

Please refer to˜, in an embodiment of the present invention, the end portions of the bent tubeare further provided with noise reduction assemblies, and the noise reduction assembliesabsorb noise generated by motion of the magnetic portion.

The noise reduction assembliesin the above embodiment comprise soft rubber gaskets.

In embodiments of the preset invention, the electromagnetic coilsare electrically connected with the circuit control modules, directions and magnitudes of currents transmitted to the electromagnetic coilsare adjusted though the circuit control modulesso as to drive the magnetic portionto reciprocate inside the bent tubealong a line connecting center points of cross sections of the bent tube, and the magnetic portionreciprocates to interact with the force transmission assembliesand generate power which is then transmitted from the force transmission assembliesto the end portions of the bent tube, thereby achieving massage operations.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in details above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. Within the scope of knowledge possessed by those of ordinary skill in the art, various changes can also be made without departing from the purpose of the present invention.